PETER'S CHCOCOLATE.(Brief Article)

Daniel Peter, founder of Peter's Chocolate Company, started his career as a candle maker in Vevey, Switzerland. When new developments were made in the use of oil as lamp fuel, he looked to other business opportunities. Coincidentally, he found himself smitten by the eldest daughter of Francois-Louis Louis Cailler, a Swiss chocolate manufacturer who perfected the chocolate manufacturing process and invented the first refiner. Peter converted his factory from candle making into a chocolate manufacturing facility and soon became a successful manufacturer.

Competition grew quickly and Peter realized he would have to work on creating a unique chocolate product. In 1867 he …